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Radiographic thin-section image of the human wrist by nuclear magnetic resonance

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WE present here a detailed image showing the distribution of mobile protons in a thin section through a human wrist. The image was produced by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques. The image consists of 128 by 128 independent picture elements and has a resolution of about 0.4 mm. For the first time images produced by NMR can be compared in quality to those produced by X-ray tomography.

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    W. S. HINSHAW, P. A. BOTTOMLEY & G. N. HOLLAND

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HINSHAW, W., BOTTOMLEY, P. & HOLLAND, G. Radiographic thin-section image of the human wrist by nuclear magnetic resonance. Nature 270, 722–723 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/270722a0

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